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Telangana Governor Sanctions Prosecution of K.T. Rama Rao in Formula E Payments Case

The approval enables the ACB to advance its case over alleged Rs 55 crore irregularities in payments tied to Hyderabad’s cancelled 2024 Formula E race.

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Telangana Governor clears prosecution of KTR in Formula E race case.
A medium close-up photograph shows K. T. Rama Rao, an Indian politician, wearing a white striped shirt and a pink BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) party scarf with images of K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and an outline of India on it. He is speaking passionately into a black microphone held in his right hand, gesturing with his left hand towards an unseen audience. He is indoors, likely at a party meeting or rally, with a plain white wall visible behind him. His expression is serious and engaged.

Overview

  • Governor Jishnu Dev Varma approved the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s request nearly ten weeks after it was sent, clearing action against the BRS leader.
  • The probe centers on alleged unauthorised payments of about Rs 54.88–55 crore made under the previous government, with an FIR filed in December 2024 under the Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC sections.
  • The clearance allows the ACB to move toward filing a charge sheet against K.T. Rama Rao, while any prosecution of senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar requires separate sanction from the DoPT.
  • Case records cite foreign remittances without mandatory approvals, payments during the Model Code of Conduct without Election Commission nod, and an Rs 8.06 crore tax burden on HMDA, with investigators also alleging a Rs 44 crore electoral-bond quid pro quo from a sponsor.
  • Rama Rao, who has appeared for questioning multiple times, denies wrongdoing, says all transfers were official and accounted for, and has offered to undergo a lie-detector test.